Alina Tugend, author of Better
By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong, has been a
journalist for nearly 30 years and for the past six has written the
ShortCuts column for the New York Times business section. She
has
written about education, environmentalism, and consumer culture for
numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Los
Angeles
Times, The Atlantic, and Parents and is a
Huffington Post
contributor. Alina was awarded the 2011 Best in Business Award for
Personal Finance by the Society of American Business Editors and
Writers. She lives outside New York City with her husband and their two
sons.